In creating her design, Evyia wanted to represent both the community of Wheaton along with the various arts displayed at the Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival. She researched videos of the parade and performances from years past and gathered her impressions of the colors and places she passed on a car drive through Wheaton.

 

Evyia Makrodimitri is a part of the IB Diploma program at Richard Montgomery High School. She has done art as long as she can remember, and especially likes drawing comics and human expressions. She has a passion for history, bugs and classic Slavic literature. She is a published author of a graphic novel adaptation of a section of War and Peace. She's working on a second adaptation, this time of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.

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IHOP owner and prize sponsor William Moore said in awarding the prize, “As a life-long resident of Wheaton and local business owner, I appreciate what Wheaton Arts Parade has done to activate the arts district and celebrate our community. I am honored to sponsor the annual poster contest and to reward the creative efforts of talented young artists like Evyia.”​